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Table 5-1 Workload types
5.2 Database workload
Database workload does not come with the database initially. It depends on the application
that is written for the database and the type of work that this application performs. The
workload can be an OLTP workload or a data warehousing workload in the same database.
When we refer to a database in this section, we mean DB2 and Oracle databases mostly, but
this section can apply to other databases also. For more information, see Chapter 17,
“Database performance” on page 559.
The Database environment is often difficult to typify, because I/O characteristics ...